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Wednesday 13th September 2023 08:30am - 10:00am ACST (UTC+9:30)

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:ÌýDr Mandar Risbud (CSIRO),ÌýAdam Bacon (Bloom Energy), Dr Ming S. Liu (DIMER),Ìý±Ê´¡±··¡³¢³¢±õ³§°Õ³§ÌýDr. Ashley Roberts (EPRI),ÌýA/Prof Jonathon Love (QUT),Ìý°ä±á´¡±õ¸éÌýDr Cameron Shearer

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Dr Mandar Risbud (CSIRO)

Dr Mandar Risbud is a Research Scientist in Energy Business Unit at CSIRO,Ìýfocusing on decarbonisation technologies like green hydrogen and green ammonia. He isÌýcurrently working on the PEM electrolyser development through ENDUA and Green Ammonia Synthesis project supported by GRDC. He has a strong background in Chemistry, over 15 years of extensive laboratory research experience, and involvement in industry and government-sponsored research and consulting projects.

He has worked and published work in several electrochemistry application areas, including PEM electrolysers, gas sensor development, fuel cell electrocatalysis, electrochemical CO₂Ìýreduction, and redox flow batteries.

Adam Bacon (Bloom Energy)

Adam Bacon is the Region Executive for Asia Pacific with Bloom Energy. In this role, he spearheads the company’s business development and sales for the region, focusing on emerging hydrogen solutions, microgrids and fuel cell technology. Adam brings over three decades of experience in business development in the energy and industrial sectors, including extensive experience in deploying solutions to meet the energy challenges of the Australian and Asian markets.

Before joining Bloom Energy, Adam worked with the likes of Jemena, Australian Industrial Energy (Australia’s first LNG Import Terminal) and held Senior Executive roles in General Electric. Adam is dedicated to delivering practical solutions to the global decarbonisation challenges.

Dr Ming S. Liu (DIMER)

Dr Ming S. Liu is a leading expert in gas processing, CCUS, and power-to-hydrogen/gas technologies and engineering. He is also an innovative entrepreneur devoted to renewable microgrid development and management.

Prior to founding DIMER, Dr Liu was a Senior Scientist and Project Leader at CSIRO (He also held the prestigious Honorary Fellowship from CSIRO). Dr Liu was awarded his PhD in Materials Physics from The University of Melbourne and BSc in Physics from Peking University.

Dimer has been focusing on developing novel technologies and engineering solutions for hydrogen processing (blue hydrogen), power-to-hydrogen (green hydrogen and ammonia), CCUS and co-generation renewable microgrids.

PANELLISTS

Dr. Ashley Roberts (EPRI)

Dr. Ashley Roberts evaluates technical and commercial aspects of low-emission energy technologies and developments. She is particularly interested in the commercialisation of new technologies and applying insights from life cycle assessments to guide critical, early-stage investment and policy decisions.

Ashley holds a PhD in Materials Science from Monash University and a dual MBA/MS in Engineering Physics from Appalachian State University. She has worked as a research scientist, business strategist, energy analyst, and commercialisation officer for industry, government, and start-ups in Australia, Europe, and the USA.

Ashley recently joined the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) as a Senior Technical Leader.Ìý EPRI’s Low-Carbon Resources Initiative (LCRI) is targeting advances in the production, distribution, and application of low-carbon, alternative energy carriers and the cross-cutting technologies that enable their integration at scale.

A/Prof Jonathon Love (QUT)

Jonathan has a PhD in Electrochemistry and 25 years RD&D experience in the international solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) industry. Jonathan joined QUT in 2018 to participate in the QUT led H2Xport project with research interests in fuel cells, electrolysers and renewable hydrogen. Jonathan is currently commissioning a 50kW scale testbed for researching solar energy conversion to renewable hydrogen production including thermal integration for optimised energy and water efficiency.

Prior to becoming an academic, Jonathan held key leadership positions in Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited (CFCL) and collaborated internationally on R&D SOFC projects.ÌýJonathan is an award-winning industrial researcher as co-recipient of the Australasian Industrial Research Group (AIRG) Medal for Australasian SME Technological Innovation in 2012 with key members of the BlueGenâ„¢ Development Team at CFCL.